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Good evening. The headlines on BBC Newsline:

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Three people are still being questioned about the murder

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The building contractor sentenced after one of his workers died

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On and on to work and back. -- he went to work and did not come back

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and I do not wish that to happen to any other families.

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The man put on the sex offenders' list for life for the sexual

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Belfast City Council under pressure to remove

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bonfire material dumped on a new

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If you want the bonfire, do so, but just burn wood not tyres.

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Also on the programme: The forest of peace -

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trees transforming what was an infamous

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It's a big night for Ireland in the Six Nations,

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Another mild and damp night, and a cloudy start to the weekend,

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but Saturday afternoon is looking good.

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Three people are still being questioned by detectives

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investigating the murder of a man in Lurgan.

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Paul Curran's body was found inside a house in the town yesterday.

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It's understood a house party may have been taking place.

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His death has left his family grieving a son and brother.

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His body was found here shortly after lunchtime yesterday.

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An ambulance crew was called to the scene at around 2pm.

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Within an hour at the police were there.

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Forensics tests followed, continuing into last night.

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This morning the scene remained sealed off.

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As police investigations continue into the death of Paul Curran

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detectives are trying to find out who was on this house at Manor Drive

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around lunchtime yesterday, what happened and how did

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Throughout the local community in Lurgan today,

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shock as well as support for the family.

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It is a tragedy for the family, a tragedy for anyone who knew Paul.

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We can only offer our sincere sympathies and prayers

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for the family to come to terms with this.

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When it becomes yesterday's news, unfortunately the families have to

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live with the aftermath, and like any bereavement, it takes a lot of

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time to heal. lined with bungalows,

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mostly housing elderly This morning the residents

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were witnessing the second day of a murder investigation

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in the normally quiet neighbourhood. In another part of the town not far

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from here, the family A building contractor who failed

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to properly equip or instruct two employees who later fell from a roof

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has been given a suspended sentence. One of the two workers,

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who was Bulgarian, Our reporter in the south-east,

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Gordon Adair, has more. Speaking outside court today, his

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daughter said the death was needless. Now to our reporter.

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Petyo Hristanov and a colleague were fitting corrugated tin sheets

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to the roof of a shed at this farm near Portadown when

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They were employed by this man, Norman McKenzie from Dungannon.

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He was on-site at the time and had lifted the men

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But he had not provided the men with any safety

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No scaffolding or safety net or elevated platform or harnesses.

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Neither had he carried out a risk assessment were briefing.

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An already dangerous situation which was made worse

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Mr Hristanov started to slide first from the roof,

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His workmate grabbed his arm, but couldn't stop him,

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Thankfully his workmate's injuries were not serious.

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Norman Mackenzie was given a 15-month sentence,

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suspended for three years, and ?3,000 in fines.

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The judge said this sort of haphazard approach

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to safety had to be tackled, a view echoed by the victim's daughter,

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We are losing a father and grandfather and he just went

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I don't wish that to happen to any other family, so, please,

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do what you have to do and get all the safety for people

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The problem is that it is the cheapest price and everybody wants

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to do the job for as cheap as they can. Health and safety costs money

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but it saves lives. We have reached a stage where surely ?1100 in this

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case could have saved this gentleman's life. A small price to

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pay. Turning food waste into compost, but

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are you really bothered to separate your rubbish? Join me later.

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A County Tyrone man convicted of the serious sexual exploitation

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of children has been freed today, after being sentenced to time he has

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39-year-old Michael Dynes, who is originally from Dungannon,

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and is now living in a hostel in Ballymena, targeted young people

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through online advertisements seeking life models.

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Michael Dynes arrived in court crouched in the back of a car.

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He posed online as a "casting agent" for professional models.

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He would then "audition" them by webcam and try to incite them

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As well as adults, he also targeted children to engage

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in sexual activity - some of those he groomed

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He was arrested in an operation involving the National Crime Agency.

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An examination of his computers revealed more than 1,000

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indecent images of children, as well as voyeuristic videos

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from cameras hidden in a bedroom and a workplace kitchen.

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Michael Dynes pleaded guilty to 41 sex charges.

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The court was told he had lost his job, his marriage and his house.

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The judge told him, the offences have effectively ruined your life -

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He added, the images of children were real-life children who had been

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In a statement, NCA Branch Commander Rob Burgess said,

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I believe Michael Dynes to be a predatory and manipulative abuser

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He went to great lengths to exploit his victims

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The judge sentenced Dynes to three years and one month,

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with the period in custody to reflect the 14 months already

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allowing him to be released on licence.

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The judge said the public would be better protected by extending

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the supervised licence period for Dynes to undergo the full course

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of treatment he needed, instead of returning him to prison

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He was also put on the sex offenders' register for life.

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Julian Fowler, BBC Newsline at Dungannon Crown Court.

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Belfast City Council is coming under pressure to remove bonfire material

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which has been dumped on a new

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Dozens of tyres and pallets have been left in the middle

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an environmentally friendly pathway stretching through

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A lot of money was spent - ?40 million to be exact -

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but the fear is that part of it could go up in smoke.

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Complaints have been made to Belfast City Council for weeks,

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but the bonfire material is still here.

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There has been meetings going on and there has been consultation is

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trying to get things moved, so hopefully soon we will be able to

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see progress on this. How soon is that?

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As soon as possible, which means that I do not know exactly the times

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and dates but I am putting pressure on the Council for them to be

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removed as quickly as possible. The sooner the better, say many

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people walking around here. They have spent loads of money to

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make this area the way it is at the moment, and it is beautiful, and

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they are bringing tyres and all of this stuff here. It is spoiling the

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area. I think it is a sin, all of that money wasted.

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Who should sort it out? I think the community and the

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Council should work together. It should be any area for a bonfire,

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but not any park. Hundreds of thousands of pounds spent on this

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park. As we were filming, a loyalist

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community number spoke to me and did not want to appear on camera but

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said meetings will take place in the next couple of days to resolve the

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issue, and he said he was confident that some sort of a compromise would

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be reached. Mark Simpson, BBC Newsline in east Belfast.

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Talks aimed at restoring a power-sharing Executive continued

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The Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams has indicated

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that his party's pre-condition, concerning Arlene Foster

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as First Minister, will only be discussed once an overall agreement

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I think in terms of this, it only comes into the radar

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Clearly the inquiry is underway or at least will be ongoing

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The issue of putting together an Executive doesn't arise

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This afternoon, the DUP leader Arlene Foster was asked how

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talks between her party and Sinn Fein were going.

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My goodness, how would you describe it?

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I actually think it is very businesslike, and constructive. We

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are trying to work. We have had a series of meetings at leadership

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level with Sinn Fein and the other parties, and our own Government, Her

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Majesty 's Government and the Irish Government, so I think there has

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been a good deal happening this week in terms of getting these talks

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underway. Getting the issues onto the table... And we will remain very

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committed to taking it forward. Staying with politics,

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and school pupils got the chance to put their own questions to MLAs,

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councillors and activists today. It was during an event

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at St Mary's Christian Brothers Grammar School in west Belfast,

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and Louise Cullen was there. Talking about talks -

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but a few miles from Stormont, for these young people studying

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politics, It was a very interesting

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election, with a lot of Personally, I'm disappointed

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with the result, in the fact that 56% of the first preference votes

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still went to the two main parties. We haven't really seen

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politics have changed, the two main parties have

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still stayed the same, and I think we're going to end up with the same

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sort of dysfunctional executive They had the ear of politicians,

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including three MLAs, for the afternoon, and they came

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prepared with advice. I think that we need

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to just push aside any bias from parties, and just

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go ahead with negotiations and put forward the plans that

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need to be put forward, As a Gaeilgoir, Acht na Gaeilge

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needs to be put forward. We need to focus on issues

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such as LGBT rights, the Irish language Act,

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mental illness, education, Everything needs to be implemented

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to ensure the best outcome especially for the youth

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of Northern Ireland. But as young people,

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they were looking to the future. I'd just like to get all this

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behind, all the Brexit, RHI, Irish language,

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all that controversy beside, pass those bills, sort it out

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and start focussing on the things Like stuff like getting

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the budget sorted out, focussing a bit more on education,

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especially integrated education, and, sort of, work to build

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maybe a better future for us. Louise Cullen,

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BBC Newsline, Belfast. Hundreds of schools are involved

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in shared education projects, where children from different

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backgrounds take part But pupils from two north Belfast

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primaries are using their time together to learn a new skill,

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as our education correspondent Robbie Meredith has

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been finding out. A catch - in a classroom without

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walls but with lots of water. It is OK sitting in class doing

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work, but this is way better because it is fun.

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These 10- and 11-year-olds from St Patrick's and Seaview Primaries

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in North Belfast are learning how to fish together.

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The thing that looks like a match, it changes if we have got something

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but we have not caught anything but seaweed yet.

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It was heavy and very heavy. It came off the hook.

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These kids very often would not see this aspect of nature, so they are

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out looking at things they would not normally see, even though schools

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are close together in north Belfast they would not have the opportunity

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to socialise together, so this is so important that they get this chance.

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community relations now, but the hope is that it

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will also benefit the pupils as they get older.

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How often do you get the opportunity to sit down and think, for quiet...

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A bit of solace or me time. How often do you get that in this day

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and age, with social media and the rest? This is an escape from all of

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that and fishing is the ideal avenue for that.

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And while Pierce's carp went back to swim and other day, he's already

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How big was the fish? About that size.

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From the 1st of April, every home in Northern Ireland

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will be given access to a food waste recycling service.

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Councils say that's good for the environment and their budgets.

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Donna has visited a recycling plant on the outskirts of west Belfast

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to find out about the cost of not watching our waste.

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When the idea of recycling first started, we bought into the idea

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that rubbish could be waste used for other purposes. The lorry behind me

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is bringing food waste to this recycling centre. Here, food waste,

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and the contaminants are taken from it and it gets processed and ends up

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composter. Compost is then sold to garden centres, farms and golf

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courses. At the moment, too much food waste is ending up in black and

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grey bins and not Brown ones. You are commercial director at this

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plant. How much of Belfast City Council's food waste comes your?

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80,000 tonnes of organic material every year, and that is probably

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household food and garden waste... What we do here is accelerate

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natural processes of the composition.

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A lot of food waste is recycled here, so how much are we throwing

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into the black bins? In Northern Ireland every year, we

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know around a tonnes of food a year and biodegradable material ends up

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in a lack then when it should not. That is costing our councils more

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than twice as much to dispose of, as it would be via the brown bin. It

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would be around ?60,000 cheaper to dispose of via the brown bin, and it

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is costing our councils ?6 million per year more than it needs to. It

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is quite simple. If you are throwing your food waste into the black bin,

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you are throwing away money. Use the brown bin to dispose of your food

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waste, and then everybody will benefit financially and

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environmentally. 42% of our waste is recycled at the

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moment. The EU target is 50% by 2020. Ricky is representing six

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councils in Northern Ireland. It is about education, but some people

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need to get into the habit. It is not always easy when there are

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different coloured pens and not all councils are the same.

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Not all of the councils are the same, but food waste is simple to

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get, I think. Put it in the appropriate container and not in the

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black bin. Putting it in the black bin does not make environmental or

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financial sense. Putting it in the container that you have got for it

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makes absolute sense. We get value from that. Everybody in the

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household after the 1st of April will have a container for food

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waste, so use it. I am sure you use it. If it is waste food, put it in.

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Work recently shows there are 7 million tonnes of food waste in the

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UK, and that means roughly for every single person, every day, somebody

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is putting almost a pizza in the bin. But the pizza in the right

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then, that is what we say. Thank you, Ricky. Changing habits

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can be difficult, but what about turning food waste into something

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like this composter can be reused? Tell me your thoughts our Facebook

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page. 1,000 trees are being planted

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on the site of a former south Armagh security base as a memorial

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to the victims of the Troubles. Schoolchildren in Forkhill

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helped with the project - part of a wider plan to increase

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tree density in the area. Here's our agriculture

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and environment correspondent Stepping out from the school into

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the place chosen for a peace forest, these children have no memory of how

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this area used to look. The trees are planted in memory of victims of

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the troubles. The site chosen was once at the heart of the conflict

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here. For three decades, it was one of the most heavily guarded security

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force bases in Northern Ireland. The regular target for attack.

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The damage to the base is not as extensive as it might have been.

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Eight chaps slightly wounded mainly by flying glass.

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Now only this blast wall remains. In place of the base, a community

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garden planted as a memorial to those who died.

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The dream of peace has been realised, and that is the most

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amazing thing. The idea of the peace forest is to plant as many trees as

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possible along the border to create a great forest of peace trees.

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The police and army base dominated the village of Forkhill for decades,

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and many myths grew up around it, including one that a nuclear bunker

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had been built underneath. Different people believed it was

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true. When the army left, they did not take the foundations away of two

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buildings, and it was 12 inch concrete reinforced, and there is

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certainly nothing underneath. This is part of a wider drive to

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increase trees in South Armagh, where the density of them is low.

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We have added about 120,000 trees in South Armagh recently, so this is

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another project for that. 1000 native trees are being planted

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here and they will soon arrive on this site.

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There's around an hour to go before Ireland take on Wales

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It's gearing up to be a big weekend of sport.

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Stephen Watson's here with the details.

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Ireland face Wales in the Principality Stadium tonight

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Ireland need a win to keep dreams of a championship alive,

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and set up a showdown with England in Dublin next weekend.

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The game is live on BBC Two from 8.00 and promises to be a thriller.

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Nial Foster is pitchside in Cardiff for BBC Newsline.

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The roof is currently closed here at the Principality stadium and it will

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stay that way for the match, but it is quieter than it will be in just

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over an hour, where the atmosphere will be electric. Joining me pitch

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side is a former Ireland half Tony Ward. What effect will the

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atmosphere have on proceedings? Magic. I can feel the adrenaline and

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it is heaving outside of the ground. Give me a choice between Friday

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night and Sunday, and it is a no-brainer. This is the first and we

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have played a six Nations game on a Friday night, and tonight this place

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will rock. What can Ireland expect from the

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Welsh side who lost the last two games?

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Enormous pressure. I think it has been a good piece of psychology,

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under pressure, and picking the same 23. He is demanding a performance

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for them. If it ain't broken, don't fix it. So, two very different

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psychology is going into it. It is a difficult one to call, but a

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humdinger, and I hope and believe it will be Ireland.

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How important are the opening 20 minutes?

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Important no matter what game you play, and a huge emphasis on that.

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If Wales get up and running early, they will connect with the crowd and

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there will be more pressure against us.

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Thank you. We will find out what effect the roof has on the match

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tonight, live on BBC radio Ulster and on BBC television from 7:30pm.

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Ulster play Zebre in the Pro12 tomorrow at the Kingspan Stadium.

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Victory with a bonus point over the Italians will be the aim

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to keep Ulster in the hunt for a play-off place.

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And Charles Piutau will try and continue his try scoring good form.

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He is enjoying his rugby and his experience.

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He gathers and he scores! Above what I expected, just a

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welcoming welcome for the club and the people here. That has helped me

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gather my team-mate around me. Everyone, and they call it around me

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has made my job easier. I am able to enjoy my rugby and do what I do.

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When you get the ball, there seems to be an atmosphere. Do you feel

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that out there are? Definitely. I feel people getting

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excited and it is great fun. When the teams... When the team is hot on

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attack, scoring tries, it does lift the spirit.

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Inspired by the big names, Ulster scored six away to Zebre two weeks

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ago. Expect more of the same and some on Saturday night.

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Northern Ireland football manager Michael O'Neill has named his squad

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to face Norway in this month's vital World Cup qualifier in Belfast.

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Among the forwards, Liam Boyce comes in for the injured Will Grigg,

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and in a big boost to O'Neill's defensive options Watford's

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Craig Cathcart returns, having missed all four previous

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Very important, because we have not had him in four games. Difficult

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start to the season with the injury, carried over from France. We saw how

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good Craig was in France for us, and he has a player who sometimes we

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have to change our tactical shape if he is not available. Having him back

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and fit, and with Johnny and Gareth in terms of centre backs, it is a

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plus for us. Stormont plays host to round two

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of the World Hockey League, The Ireland men's team

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are currently ranked as high as they have ever been,

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and so are among the favourites to win the tournament and progress

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to the next stage in the summer, which also brings a shot

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at World Cup qualification. Jonathan Rea was fastest

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in practice in Thailand ahead of this weekend's second

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round of the World Superbikes Championship - Rea, remember,

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going for an unprecedented third In football, Derry City are away

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to Shamrock Rovers tonight - there's live coverage

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on BBC Radio Foyle. And in the Danske Bank Premiership,

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Ards host Ballinamallard. Full-time scores

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on our late bulletin. And we will have a special report

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from the Wales and Ireland game. I can't wait for it to start.

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An exciting weekend ahead, but will the weather be exciting?

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Not too bad. The last few weeks blue skies but today is about the cloud

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amounts. Certainly plenty of cloud. This is the picture, a coward hiding

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in the mist. Particularly shy. Cloud sitting over us overnight tonight.

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This band of rain working through, a mild night at seven or eight

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Celsius. Tomorrow's starts off cloudy and not too long before we

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see a bit of lovely blue skies above us. Maybe not for one peninsula,

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because of that when the front through tonight. A bit stubborn,

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clinging on across the East Coast. Gradually moving away, and behind

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the cloud peels back in the West. That means we are going to see the

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best of the brightness out in the west tomorrow afternoon. Always a

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bit more cloud further east, temperatures at ten or 12 Celsius.

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With more prolonged periods of sunshine, up to 13 or 14 Celsius.

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Very nice for the time of year. Our pattern of rain like last night, it

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will rain tonight and tomorrow. It continues. This cold front moving

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through, and again Sunday will be cloudy and damp to start. Again it

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will be a day that improves. If this cold front moves away, it introduces

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cooler are. The temperature is not quite as exciting, ten or 11

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Celsius. Plenty brightness between showers. A classic day of sunshine

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and showers. Over the weekend, this area of high pressure starts to

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build in. That settles down our weather very nicely, and turns of

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the showers. By the time we get to Monday, things looking pretty good

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again. Introducing some more mild air, top temperatures of 12 or 13

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Celsius, and if you are in one of those breaker areas, should feel

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very nice in those light breezes. Through the next few days, not a bad

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run of temperatures, and the rain when it comes will mostly be at

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night-time. From BBC Newsline, goodnight.

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